Jamie Schmale

Thank you, Chair. I appreciate the work that's been done. The work that the survivors circle has done behind the scenes across the country to elevate the voices of those who have been harmed is unbelievable. It's been amazing getting to know a lot of people from across the country who I probably never would have crossed paths with. There are some pretty remarkable people across this land, and [more]

How much time do I have?

Thank you to all of the witnesses for sharing their stories and for offering words of encouragement and support as this bill makes its way through the process here. Of course, thank you to Senator Boyer for continuing to push to introduce it in the Senate multiple times and to get it to the House. She's been a real leader and a real voice for those who want to see changes made to our criminal [more]

Okay. I think we're part of the conversation with the Auditor General. It's whether or not the government wants to act or do anything about it. I guess reports are okay, but they often get shelved. I was just on the Auditor General's website, and there are tons of reports that everyone's probably forgotten about, which is unfortunate. We talk about a whole-of-government approach; this [more]

Let's do it in bunches. I have a few questions.

My question still stands, though. You talked about deep dives, and I get that. That's cool. However, there are only so many resources, so many dollars spent and so much time for deep dives into that. If we're deep diving over here, we still have these problems over there. Once you've done a deep dive there, you're going to move over here, and something else is going to pop up over there. We've [more]

Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you to our witnesses, who are here for this very important study. For those who have been following this study, we've been saying quite often that we agree with the diagnosis, but we have a few issues with the prescription. That, in particular, as was pointed out by our previous witness, is the implementation and the consequences of non-action. Unfortunately, [more]

I don't know if I'll get to the treaty questions, but in a few days—

How much time do I have, Chair?

The cost of living obviously is impacting many of your members. You mentioned groceries. People are choosing between heating their homes, eating or getting health care services in general. You've probably seen the many reports that have come out. Food bank usage is at two million people a month. This has been a steady rise to get to this point. Are the economic challenges that we seem to be [more]

Thank you, Chair. Thank you, President Chartrand, for joining us today. Congratulations, as I hear your ways and means motion passed this morning in Parliament. It's the first step to your treaty. I want to talk a bit about that, but you did mention, I believe the wording was, the “Métis-specific health” program.